Raising Ambi-lingual Children

In this book, the author examines the issues of the §unequal power relationship between languages and the §consequent heritage language loss and identity §struggle, especially in the case of Korean §linguistic minority children (LMC) in the United §States. The author highlights that the Korean §American children''s (ethnolinguistic) identity is §ruptured by the domination of host language (i.e., §English); furthermore, their hybrid identity is §attributed to their parents ambition for bilingual §learning for academic success and bicultural §adaptation to both distinct societies, Korea and the §U.S. The author also discusses many concurrent §issues associated with the ambitious project for §bilingualism: i) the dominance of English in the era §of globalization, ii) the English-learning fever in §Korea; and iii) ideolization and reproduction of §social discourses in school in terms of pedagogic §discourse. The discussions of this book may help §immigrant parents and ESL (English as a Second §Language) educators to understand why immigrant §children struggle in their identity formation and §why it is important to deal with the issues of §linguistic imperialism and ecology of language.